Saw-set



(No Model.)

C. WHITUS 8v J. W. WILKS;

SAW SET. d No. 519,366. Patented May 8 1894.

UNiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES WHITUS AND JOHN `Wr. WILKS, OF CHESTER, SOUTH CAROLINA.

SAW-SET.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 519,366, dated May 8,1894.

4 Application filed August 12, 1893. Serial No. 483,007. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES WHI'rUs and JOHN W. WILKS, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Chester, in the county of Chester and Stateof South Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSaw-Sets; and we do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the` art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention is a new saw set and consists in the novel constructionand arrangement of its parts. r

The object of our invention is to enable th operator to set all sawsused ata workbench from the smallest to the largest, and in fine saws toset as many as three or more teeth at a stroke, and `with larger sawstwo or more teeth and with still larger saws one tooth, and where theteeth of thesaws are exceedingly iine we` may remove the die from thepoint of the plunger and place a washer behind the anvil thus bringingthe anvil in reach of the plunger and `set `one tooth at a time of themost delicate saw. p

In the accompanying drawings: Figure `1,is

. aside view of our invention partly in section.

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Fig. 2, is a top plan view. Fig. 3, is a perspective view of thecombination guide and gage. Fig. 4f, is a perspective View of the anvil.Fig. 5, is a perspective View of the washer. Figs. 6 and 7,areperspective views of dies usedin connection with our invention.

Our invention is described as follows:

A, represents the body of the invention, a, the handle integral with thebody, b, the lever handle pivoted tothe body, a', the nose piece, a?,and a3, the throats and 0.4, the mouth. The

lever handle b, is pivoted between the bifur-` cated projection b, ofthe body A, and has a shoulder b, for moving the plunger c, forward.Said shoulder is provided with a friction roller c3, which operatesagainst the rear end of the plunger. Said plunger operates through thethroats a2, and a3, inl the body of the invention and is made to standback against the roller c3, inthe shoulder b2, by means of a spiralspring c. The said throats 0,2, and a3, are circular and the plungerthat operates therein is cylindrical and fits in said throats. The frontend of said plunger is Vsmaller than its body leaving a shoulder c4,

plunger and its face against the shoulder of t the plunger. The die maybe turned either edge up (see Figs. 6 and 7). The dieblocks (Figs. 6 and7) are all the same size and are kept from turning on the point of theplunger by means ofthe guides d, on the upper and front part of thecombination guide and sliding gage D. The said combination guide andsliding gage \D, is provided with a vertical longitudinal slot cl,through which the threaded portion of the thumb screw d2, passes andscrews into a threaded opening in the lower side of the body.

In the nose of the body is a recess e, for the anvil e', to rest in,which is provided with an incline e2, to determine, in combination withcombination guide and sliding gage D g the set of the saw. And in thenose of the body A, is a vertical slot e3, through which the t threadedportion of the thumb screw e4, passes and screws into a threaded openingin the anvil e. The object of the last named arrangement is for thepurpose of enabling the operator to move the anvil up or down todetermine the length of the set.

When we wish to set a fine saw we use the dief, which is provided on oneedge with three teeth 1, 2, 3-which enable us to set three teeth of asaw at one stroke. This edge of the die will set a saw with from-thirteen to fifteen teeth to the inch.

. When we wish to set a coarser saw we turn the other edge of the dieup, which is provided with two teeth 4, 5-and set two teeth of a saw atone stroke, and is adapted to set a saw having fromeight to eleven teethto the inch.

Die g, is provided with one tooth, and is adapted to set y larger andcoarser saws; sets one tooth at a stroke and is, therefore, not confinedto saws with any given distances between the teeth but may set any workbench sawno matter how far the teeth may be apart.

We may use as manydifferent dies as we see proper and they may be cut toset the teeth of any saw.

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when we use it as a saw set, and in the face.

l of the anvil We make an opening 5,provided with an escape opening e6.

We are aware that a saw set has heretofore` been invented having a body,handles, nose, anvil, plunger, and gage; said gage however is notprovidedwith our guides d,for.keep.ing the die in proper position, andthe plunger, has its front end shaped to impinge against a saw tooth andcan set only one tooth at a stroke, and has a portion of `its surfaceliat-` l tened its entire length,l and the :throats 1throughwhichitpasses yhasfa portion Hat'- tened to-correspond withtheplunger to'keep. it from-turning. Said invention has. no dies,y

O uryplunger .is cylindrical and-,may be turnedandxthus avoid theexpense otvlattenf ing its surface. c i .l y

The throatsmaybe boredand the holes-in. the dies maynbebored, thussavingus the eX- pense of flattening:ormortising;y v

Having described our. invention, what We claim as new,.and desire :tosecure by Letters Patent, is-.-- f l l. In a saw set, :the combination,consisting of the body A, having the handle @,providedwithcircular-throats. a2, apcylindrical plun-y ger c, Working in saidthroats,` and having a smaller cylindrical endrleaving a shoulder c4, adiehaving one or more 'teethf to impinge against the saw teeth; said diepivoted on the front end ot' the plunger; combination guide and gage D,provided with the guides d, one

lworking against each side ofy the die; anvil e', adjlustably secured inthe nose of the body and lever handle b, provided with a frictionrollerfos, operating against the rear end of the plunger, substantiallyas shown and described and for the purposes set forth.

, 2.v Ina saw set, the combination, consisting of the body A, having thehandle a, provided with. circular throats a2, 0,3; cylindrical plungerc, working in said throats and having a smaller cylindrical end leavinga shoulder-c4; a die'havinguone or more teeth to impinge against the sawfteethysaid die pivoted on the front'endoff thefplunger; combinationguide andv gagevD,provided;with theguides d,one

j In testimony whereof weaftix our signatures in presenceot`- twoWitnesses.

` oHARLEsWHITUs.-

JOHN W. WILKS.

Witnesses: l'

GRAHAM L. GORDON, ANNIE A. LANSDALE. I

